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I have uploaded and inserted it below, in case it "disappears" from the link, since this was a political flyer pretty sure I should be able to reproduce the image for comment! [The image is also on the Ars site.]
Lots of things bother me about the Republican flyer.
First of all, that IS my world, Esports & Gaming!
If the Republicans, who paid for and wrote this flyer, took any time to learn about Gamers & gaming, instead of viewing people through the eyes of a bigot, they might actually realize what kind of message they are sending.
But then perhaps they do realize what kind of message they are sending? They spent money and time on it after all.
For those that don't know, the use of Brackets ie "[]" inside the quotation means it was inserted by the person doing the flyer, not from the original comment.
See these links on Brackets and Grammer for more detail:
Honestly seeing those types of errors, in basic simple research, that I have taught Elementary age students to do, makes me wonder if these Republicans are smarter than a 4th grader?
Do you want people that limited in research skills or knowledge to be making laws?
Especially when they hate other people for just being different from their group?
According to Blizzard, any time they release a new game, like Diablo 3, or when they release an expansion, there is an increase in the number of accounts reported being Hacked.
There are lots of reasons for this, but here some basic things you can do to help prevent this, these are things you should be doing to reduce your risk from these types of problem in general (ie internet banking, internet buying, etc).
First make sure your Operating System (OS) is up to date (as security problems are found, they are fixed, you need these to help keep hackers out, it is like getting a broken lock on your house door fixed), if your not sure see these links:
I can't recommend any other free ones at this time, I have been using Security Essentials for some time now since having serious problems with a different free product.
I haven't yet used the Sophos product, because I don't have a Mac yet, but I will be getting a Mac in a few weeks, and Sophos' AntiMalware is what my research leads me to use, I will report directly about that product in a future post.
Those two steps will do a lot to prevent a keylogger or something else bad from getting on your computer.
What that does it lets Blizzard send you a 2nd temporary password to use in addition to the password you picked, it is like needing two keys to open a vault or launch a nuke.
I have at least one friend that has using this for some time, and it saved his account from getting hacked when all his local gaming buddies accounts got hacked.
VOD below from Blizzard describes these products and how to use them.
Cliff recommends the Authenticator over the Moble Authenticator, because most of us will connect our phones to our computers at least some of the time, and if there is MalWare on the computer, it could infect the phone as well.
Friend of mine recently had that happen to his phone, his infected computer also infected his phone.
Or if you have MalWare on your phone, from App or something else, the Hackers might be able to access that 2nd password.
I REALLY recommend the Authenticator if you use a shared or public computer!!!!!!!
